The eunuch walked out of the gate of the Hall of Public Announcement.
"Xuan Chao!"
Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Xiao Yu, Zhangsun Wuji, and the others entered the Hall of Public Announcement.
After the civil and military officials entered the Xuanzheng Hall, they were stunned to see Li Shiming wiping the Heaven's Order Sword with killing intent.
The Heaven's Will Sword was shining with a cold light. Li Shi Min sat on the dragon throne, slowly wiping the blade…
An ominous premonition enveloped everyone. All the officials in the court realized that something big was about to happen!
After the officials kowtowed to His Majesty, Li Shimin stood up. He had made his decision when he returned to Chang 'an.
Uncle Han was right. If they didn't kill them until their blood flowed like a river and they didn't fear them, they would definitely prey on the people!
As a result, the Great Tang would perish for three generations!
Suddenly!
Li Shi Min suddenly stood up." I'm going to announce to the world that the grain prices in Youzhou are soaring. It has reached the price of Yiguan's money to buy a stone of grain. Yiguan's money can buy a house and land, but in Youzhou, it can only buy a stone of grain!" These grain merchants of Youzhou did not care about the danger of the people! Your crimes are heinous and unforgivable!"
Li Shimin listed the ten major crimes of the Youzhou merchants, and all the civil and military officials in the court looked at each other with admiration!
It turned out that His Majesty was furious because of Youzhou Province. This time, Youzhou merchants suffered a great loss. It was no wonder that His Majesty was furious. Youzhou merchants made a fortune in the national disaster and shook the foundation of the country. Not only His Majesty was angry, but all the civil and military officials in the court were also very angry after hearing the crimes of Youzhou merchants.
"Pass down my decree. From today onwards, all merchants in Youzhou will be thoroughly investigated. Anyone who raises prices will have their property confiscated, and the family head and those who raise prices will be beheaded! From now on, merchants, their sons, and their grandchildren are not allowed to enter the court as officials!”
"From today onwards, those who do business are considered merchants. The descendants of merchants are not allowed to enter the government! No imperial examinations!"
When Li Shimin announced that the descendants of merchants were not allowed to take the imperial examinations, the entire court was moved.
This imperial edict was too shocking.
This was simply a heavy blow to the merchants!
Merchants were not allowed to be officials. This was to prevent officials and merchants from colluding to oppress the people!
Who was the one who came up with this idea? It was simply trampling the merchants under their feet. Some of the officials looked at Fang Xuanling, but Fang Xuanling acted as if it had nothing to do with him.
Since ancient times, there had been a rule that emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce. It was just that there was now an additional rule that merchants were not allowed to participate in the imperial examinations!
Many of the officials in the imperial court were from noble families. Most of their families were businessmen, and some of them had very large businesses. When they heard Li Shimin announce this imperial edict, they felt as if they had suffered a heavy blow!
If it was in the past, they would have walked out of the court to oppose Li Shiming's policy of suppressing business. However, today, they did not dare to. His Majesty had already made it very clear that Youzhou merchants were driving up prices, causing the people of Youzhou to be in dire straits.
The emperor stood in front of the righteousness of the world and punished the evil merchants. If they dared to stand out, they would be enemies with the righteousness. The emperor would definitely kill them to establish his authority!
Who was the one who gave His Majesty such a plan? It was simply pressing all the merchants in the world to the ground and making them unable to raise their heads for ten thousand generations!
Could it be Fang Xuanling?
These officials looked at the Prime Minister of the Great Tang. They had a feeling that such a vicious poison plan could only have come from a Poison Warrior. Fang Xuanling was not a Poison Warrior. The officials then looked at Du Ruhui.
Although Du Ruhui was good at making decisions, he couldn't think of such a step-by-step plan…
Could it be that an expert had appeared behind His Majesty?
After Li Shi Min read out the imperial edict, he waved the Heaven's Will Sword in front of him."The sword of the King has not seen blood for a long time. For the sake of the people of the world, let its sharpness reappear!”
After Li Shiming said this, he looked at the civil and military officials in the court. His eyes swept across the faces of the officials from the noble families. These officials from the noble families lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Li Shiming.
They were not afraid of the imperial power. They were afraid of death and slaughter. They were afraid that they would kill the aristocrats of Youzhou like they had killed the other noble families!
Before he went to the Han Residence, Li Shi Min didn't dare to make a move on these aristocrats, and he didn't even dare to anger them.
Li Shi Min stood on the side of righteousness and looked down on all the aristocrats. No matter how powerful their background was, or how many benefits their aristocrats were involved in, these aristocrats did not dare to make enemies with the people of the world!
Li Shimin was different from Li Changsheng!
Li Changsheng was overbearing!
Li Shi Min said.
"Du Ruhui! Li Ji!"
"Your subject is here!"
"I appoint all of you as Youzhou's Inspector Generals. Go to Youzhou immediately with Wei Zheng to investigate all the merchants and aristocratic families in Youzhou.”
Clang!
The Heavenly Policy Sword returned to its sheath!
Du Ruhui took the Heavenly Policy Sword. He knew that this trip to Youzhou was a heavy responsibility.
I'm afraid that a bloody storm will break out in Youzhou Province!
"Retreat!"
Li Shimin suddenly stood up and announced his retreat.
After Li Shiming walked out for a long time, the officials were still standing there in a daze. Many of the officials who were born in prestigious families were terrified, because they knew that their families had businesses…
After Li Shiming had walked for a long time, some of the officials suddenly woke up. They stumbled out of the Hall of Public Announcement and returned to their own residences. They immediately ordered people to send letters to their clans, telling them to immediately give up all business operations.
From now on, the aristocrats would no longer do business!
They didn't know why the Emperor suddenly attacked the gentry, but they knew that if they chose to do business, they wouldn't be able to be officials in the court, and their descendants wouldn't be able to participate in the imperial examinations.
……
After Li Shi Min left the Xuanzheng Hall, he was in a good mood!
The moonlight was bright, and Li Shiming seemed to see infinite light.
This trip to the Han Family Residence was not in vain. Uncle Han's few words had helped him solve the problem of Youzhou!
Originally, Li Shiming only wanted to solve the problem of the soaring grain prices in Youzhou. Now, all the scholar-bureaucrats were restrained in the imperial court. Li Shiming didn't believe that any scholar-bureaucrat would dare to defy the world!
Li Shi Min went to the Dew Palace and told Empress Zhangsun about today's happy event.
The problem of soaring grain prices in Youzhou Province had been solved properly!
However, Empress Zhangsun became more and more curious about Uncle Han.""Your Majesty, have you ever thought that Uncle Han is so far-sighted and can't be a nameless person? What is Uncle Han's identity?”
Li Shi Min fell silent when he heard Empress Zhangsun's words. He thought,""That's right. This Uncle Han is so powerful. Is he really just an old man from a nameless village?”
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